LMTs in USA (except New York) earn 18 CEUs for the Brain and Sensory Foundations, First Level Course
For massage therapists and yoga therapists:
Whether you are new to innate rhythmic movements and primitive reflex integration or well versed in them, the Brain and Sensory Foundations continuing education training is a wonderful addition to your tool set.
These innate neurodevelopmental movements have an immense influence on our musculature and functional skills. They often determine whether or not we hold tension in the muscles. The more we do these innate rhythmic movements and integrate the primitive reflexes, the more we see the muscles becoming strong, balanced, flexible, and functional.
As an example, here is a story from a massage therapist that illustrates "the power of primitive reflex integration":
"My client was a collegiate athlete whose main complaint was shin pain, left more than right. I was sure my regular treatments for resetting the nervous system would clear it right up, but it did not. I questioned her about old injuries; there was a broken left humerus 7 years earlier. I did a fair amount of myofascial release, confident that would make a difference. It did not. It got to the point where I dreaded asking how her shins were because they never improved. One day I said "Let's not focus on the shins today. What else do you have going on?" She said her hands hurt so I decided to do a simple and light treatment of the hand reflexes. She seemed so relaxed after that session. When she saw me the next day, she said, "My shins don't hurt anymore!" I think the broken humerus was the original trauma culprit and the myofascial was useful, but it took the hand reflex integration to bring about the final improvement. I needed this experience to show me the power of reflex integration!"
Neurodevelopmental movements are helpful for therapists as well as their clients
"Thanks to [the Brain and Senosry Foundations program], I'm able to support my clients with techniques that are less physically demanding on me, while providing them with results that extend far beyond the massage table." Catherine Winfree, Medical Massage Therapist
Yoga therapists love this course too
"I work with clients who are in pain or who have limited mobility. The results I see using the rhythmic movement and reflex integration tools from the Brain and Sensory Foundations courses have been beyond amazing."
Sue Kruszewski, Therapeutic Yoga, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Watch this one-minute video of Ryan, a 6-year-old boy, whose chronic leg pain is transformed with rhythmic movements and primitive reflex integration in less than four weeks!
Sonia Story, MS has been teaching neurodevelopmental movements since 2006.
She is an honors graduate with a Bachelor's degree in biology/psychology and a Master’s degree in Movement Sciences.
Sonia developed the Brain and Sensory Foundations program to provide comprehensive training in neurodevelopmental movements—combining innate rhythmic movements, play, primitive reflexes, and postural reflexes.
She is the author of The Importance of Reflex Integration and the Evidence eBook, giving the rationale and evidence basis for using neurodevelopmental movements for helping with challenges such as ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorders, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, visual skill deficits, poor social skills, gross and fine motor delays and other neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorders.
Her work is featured in numerous podcasts, summits, and conferences, and in the books Almost Autism: Recovering Children from Sensory Processing Disorder; Special Ed Mom Survival Guide; Family Health Revolution; and Same Journey, Different Paths—Stories of Auditory Processing Disorder.
Sonia’s mission is to help children and families experience the profound benefits of neurodevelopmental and integrative movements for more functional and fulfilling lives.